Blown JBL 15s
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Mark Kelchen
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Blown JBL 15s
Anyone know what Blown JBL 15" speakers are worth. One is a M31 and the other is a Peavey/JBL that is the original speaker from my 1977 Session 400?
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Donny Hinson
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Not a lot, really. A good recone job would run $85-$125 each. Once they're reconed, most of the collector value (some place great value on old JBL's, like the old D130-F) is gone. They'll probably sound a little different too, since materials have changed in the last 20 years. Unless you can find someone who is interested in that particular speaker, you'd probably be doing real good to get $25-$35 apiece for them.
Some characters have been known to have old speakers reconed, and then set them in the sun for awhile to fade the cones so they look "vintage"...but afficianodos know what the old cones looked like. Also, the old cones were thinner and more flexible. It's really hard to fool an expert.
Some characters have been known to have old speakers reconed, and then set them in the sun for awhile to fade the cones so they look "vintage"...but afficianodos know what the old cones looked like. Also, the old cones were thinner and more flexible. It's really hard to fool an expert.
